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Energy Firms Resort to Improved Technology in Seeking Oil
With oil prices making only a slight rebound in the past week and energy companies have idled rigs and made layoffs into the tens of thousands nationwide, some of those same companies are looking at improvements in their fracking technology.
As …
Eleven States Warned by EPA for Not Filing Clean Air Act Reports
Eleven states are getting a warning from the Environmental Protection Agency for not submitting plans to lower sulfur dioxide pollution in what are called nonattainment areas identified a few years ago by the EPA.
The notice was filed in the Fed…
Rep. Russell and Others on House Committee to Hold Hearing Tuesday into Filnt Water Crisis
Oklahoma congressman Steve Russell and others on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will start Tuesday with the first of two hearings into the lead-poisoned water of Flint, Michigan.
The committee will hear from Darnell Earley who is …
Governor Appeals FEMA Decision in Eastern Oklahoma
Governor Mary Fallin and state emergency management officials await word on their recent appeal filed for nine eastern Oklahoma counties hit by a winter storm and flooding after Christmas 2015. The appeal was filed with the Federal Emergency Management…
Record Solar Power Projects to Be Installed Nationally in 2016
While Whole Foods announced recently it intended to power more than 100 of its stores through solar roof-top panels, it has yet to confirm if it will involve its three stores in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
Contacted about the project, Tobias Markey…
Massive Wind Farm Wins Early Government Approval in Wyoming
What is being called the biggest wind farm project in the nation in Wyoming has passed another regulatory step as the federal government’s environmental analysis tentatively cleared the way for construction.
The Power Company of Wyoming, a subsi…
Williams to Bgin Pipeline Expansion for Florida Customers
Tulsa based Williams Partners L.P. says it plans to begin construction soon on the Hillabee Expansion Project to increase growing needs for more natural gas in Florida. Work will get underway in May on the first phase that shoujld be completed a…
Legislators Want to Strip Transparency from Universal Services Fund
A fight’s looming in the Oklahoma legislature over the efforts of some legislators to strip transparency from how millions of dollars in money from telephone customers is spent on financing Internet and broadband projects for schools, libraries and hos…
Bid-Rigging Lawsuit Modified Against Chesapeake, SandRidge and Tom Ward
One week after filing a class-action lawsuit alleging bid-rigging against Chesapeake Energy, SandRidge Energy and former SandRidge CEO Tom Ward, attorneys for an Alfalfa County landowner have already amended the lawsuit in the Western District of…
House Passes Bill targeting Red Cedar Tree Infestations in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City State Representative Richard Morrissette’s bill to improve on his battle against the state’s invasion of Eastern Red Cedar trees won approval this week in the State House.
HB 2748 would make improvements and changes to his original bill …